The Additive Nature with Craig Bauer (Janet Jackson, Lupe Fiasco, Destiny’s Child)

What smooth jazz legends and hip-hop stars have in common? Yep, that’s Craig Bauer, Grammy-award winning mix engineer.

He has the kinda breadth and impact most of us can only dream of. In this episode, he took us inside the sessions with legends in his Chicago studio, including his favorite phone call from the members of Styx.

Craig brings a true love of craft, of music, and of community that goes beyond genre and breaks expectations. Because music is music!

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A word salad poem cut from episode excerpts by the podcast producer 🫛

Incredible stories. Pushed forward. Fresh ears. Well-versed musically speaking. Such a sonic palette. Clean and pristine. The illusion. Took that leap. Loops around. Natural sounding. Took a minute. Wisdom and experience. A very deep musical understanding. A very solid philosophy. Every phase. Finding that sort of sweet spot. The cross-genre acumen. Guides the listener. Gain staging. That’s breadth. Finds those moments. Growing careers. From hour to hour. The order of those things. The knob turning thing. In between the spaces. Seriously extreme. A big aha moment. All the way through. 🪏

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Edited by Rebecca Sansom

Set Design by Max Horwich

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